Ironing-machine.



F. W. SMITH, IR. 5L A. H. CHRISTIE.

IRONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2Z, I9I4.

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FRIEND W. SMITH, JR., AND ALBERT I-I. CHRISTIE, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, .ASSIGNORS TO THE KING MACHINE COMPANY, OF BRIDGE-PORT, CONNECTICUT, .A

CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

IRONINGr-MACI-IINE.

rSpeccationV of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1915.

Application filed April 22, 1914. Serial No. 833,671.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRIEND W. SMITH, Jr., and ALBERT H. CHRISTIE, citizens of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Our presenty invention pertains to improvements in ironing machines, the construction and advantages of which will` be hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the annexed drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the machine; Fig. 2 a hori zontal sectional view, on the line 2-2 of Fig. l.; and Fig. 3 a transverse vertical sectional view, on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

rlhe main object of our invention is to produce an ironing machine wherein the iron and board are each movable in a right line and in opposition to each other, a separation of said members being effected at one or both ends of the stroke or movement of the iron and board, whereby the operator may shift the goods or article upon the board prior to the restoration of the ironing relation between the parts. The iron and board are mechanically operated and the attendant has only to manipulate the article being ironed, which can readily be done when the same is freed from contact with the iron. A separation of the iron from the board and a consequent freeing of the article has heretofore been accomplished by a mechanism such as is set forth and claimed in Reissued Letters Patent to E. E. Norton and A. U. Langenegger, No. 13,513, dated January 14:, 1913, but the present invention differs therefrom in that there is a longitudinal separation of the iron and board in the present case as distinguished from a lifting action of the iron,l as effected in the patented structure.

Again, a further advantage resides in the present construction in that by moving both the iron and the board, and in opposite directions, the speed of the machine is materially increased.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the main frame or housing, provided with an outward lateral extension 2 at the upper portion thereof, and with a base extension or bed portion 3, which forms the support for the ironing board 4, and the actuating bar 5, employed to reciprocate the same. A cover 6 will preferably be provided, to afford access to the housing and the contained operating mechanism supported therein.

The main driving shaft 7 is mounted in bearings in the rear portion of the housing, and carries a cam 8, cooperating with oppositely-disposed rollers 9 and 10, carried at the rear forked end of a lever 11. The forward end of said lever is pivotally connected to the upper arm of a bell-crank lever 19, the lower end of which is slotted and engages a pin 13 extending from bar 5. f The iron, designated by 14, is secured to the outer end of a bar 15, which projects through a'bearing in the front wall of extension 2, the bar at the rear `end projecting through an opening in the housing. Said bar, upon its rear under face, is provided with a rack 16, which meshes with a gear 17 mounted upon a stub shaft or axle suitably supported by the housing. A pinion 18, fast to the extended hub o-f the gear, or otherwise mounted to rotate therewith, meshes with a rack formed on a pitman or rod 19, said rod being held in mesh with the pinion by means -of a rocker frame 20, sleeved on the stub axle and the hub of gear 17. The other end of said rod is connected to a double crank 21, secured upon the main shaft 7, and receives a reciprocating motion therefrom.

As indicated, the ends of the ironingboard will preferably be chamfered and the ends of the iron will also be rounded or chamfered, in order that the goods being ironed may not be rumpled or torn as the board, with the article thereon, comes into contact with the iron.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The operator, with the parts in the positions shown in Fig. 1, places the article to be ironed upon the board 4, holding the same in place with bo-th hands; then preferably by a treadle (not shown) thro-ws the power mechanism into action, whereupon shaft 7 rotates and an endwise reciprocating movement is imparted to table 4 and to the iron le, through the mechanism before described, the iron and board moving in opposite directions. The parts are so proportioned and arranged that the iron and board are separated at the end of each outward and inward movement, and by reason of this separation and the consequent freeing of the article from all pressure, the operator may -readily shift the article to bring an' other portion thereof in the line of travel or path of movement of the iron. By having l the double movement, that is, having both the iron and the board travel in opposition to each other, very quick ironing may bel effected.

Having thus what we claim is:

l. In an ironing machine, the combination described our invention,

of a reciprocating ironing-board; a reciprosV cating iron adapted to be moved over said board; and means for actuating said board and iron and causing. them to Da.ss out of contact with each other at the-end of the movement of said parts in each direction.

2. In an ironing machine, the combination of an ironing-board; an iron; and means:l

for reciprocating said members past each other and e'lecting a separation thereof at t-he end of the movement of said members in each direction. n

3. Iny an ironing machine, the combination of an ironing-board provided with chamration of the parts at the end of the move-A ment of the parts in each direction.

4., In an ironing machine, the combination of a housing; a bed extending outwardly therefrom; a reciprocating ironing-board mounted upon said bed; an iron-,supporting bar mounted and movable back Aand forth in the upper portion of the housing; an iron carried'at the outer end thereof and adapted to contact with the board; and' means supported within the housing and connected to said bar and board for causing an endwise reciprocation thereof in opposition to each other. l l, l, v

5. In an ironing machine, the combination of a housing; a. bed extending outwardly therefrom; a reciprocating ironing-board mounted thereon; a bar' extending lrearwardly from said board into the housing; a

vpower shaft mounted in the housing; a cam FRIEND W. SMITH, JR. ALBERT II. CHRISTIE.

Witnesses:

M. T. LONGDEN, M. A. TUTTLn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

